the missing word bothers me, too. It also got killed in an intersection on its way to work, to show up in this meme.

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    61·
    30 days ago

    A comma maybe, then.

    ‘the people once tied to them killed in a crosswalk’ really sounds weird to me.

    Heck, my phone agrees.

    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      30 days ago

      Seems like a stylistic choice to me. Leaving out the “have been” makes it sound more poetic, but I don’t think it’s wrong per se

    • lugal@lemmy.ml
      2·
      30 days ago

      Not a native speaker but for me it sounds fine. The “are now” is left out because it would be repeated if that makes sense.

      “The people, [who were] tied to them, [are now] killed in a crosswalk.”

        • lugal@lemmy.ml
          1·
          29 days ago

          So that’s the missing word everyone is bothered by. It wasn’t in the post but in a low level comment. What an unexpected but well executed pay-off!

    • Mac@mander.xyz
      1·
      30 days ago

      Grammar has so many “technically correct” yet odd sentence structures.
      The sentence definitely has a weird flow and could absolutely contain reader assistance via punctuation.